Do all the countries in the world have "anchor babies"?

Sashie

They certainly don't .... most European countries don't have it ... Ireland had it and renounced it by popular demand in 2004 .... here's a list of countries if you're interested .. http://www.cis.org/articles/1993/back793.html

Chula ... Sweden doesn't, I know that for a fact ....

shy_angeleyes01

No Not all countries are as stupid as America

sqwirl_hater

NO,and these anchor kids should NOT be citizens here either!

Kris B

Chula, by Columbian friends, do you mean Dealers? Because either you or they are completely baked. Sashie's link was correct, not what your buddies told you. Thanks for the links Sashie & Dognhorsemom.

If you read Sashies link you will see why we really have that law and why it's being abused.

Lucky

Most countries require more than being born on their soil for citizenship rights. Usually they are considered foreign nationals of the parents country of citizenship.

yars232c

No, USA is one of if not the last. I reads where Ireland allowed it, then quickly changed thier mind and they were all illegal again.

DAR

In some countries it would but in most countries in the western, developed world the parent or parents also need to be a citizen. Canada recently changed their law to that effect I believe, but I may have the country wrong.

Sashie, thanks for the link. Not Canada then, maybe Ireland. So Canada, which has the same land mass we do more or less, and 10% of our population still has this, but otherwise the common 'lifeboat' countries do not. Except us. Interesting.

dognhorsemom

What you write about is not a "belief:" it either is or is not a law.

Every country has different immigration and nationality laws. Many, but not all, accord automatic citizenship to a child born within their jurisdiction. And citizenship is never accorded to the parent of that child just through the fact of giving birth to a citizen.

Also, many countries do not allow dual citizenship. Jamaica does, and it also accords citizenship at birth. So your child born there might be a dual citizen; you would not be.

Here is a reasonably accurate web site that is also easy to read:

Tracie M

No. They don't.

naphtli

Nope, it stems from a misinterpretation of the fourteenth amendment to the US Constitution.

Anry

I don't think so.

angela R

No, that concept is exclusively ours, what a country....

cool.panamania

The first and only time I saw this slur was here on YA. To answer your question the only countries I can honestly say could have this is Canada, the Netherlands, and Sweden. These countries do not, however have rampid cases of xenophobia like in the USA.

Ambervisions

It would give your child dual citizenship.........not you! I don't know if it is the same for every country though. It's not a matter of belief......but of what laws are on the books. lol and unless you raised your kid there............he/she isnt going to have a Jamaican accent........but I think you knew that! LOL

Professor Chaos386

What if he was conceived in Jamaica, but born in France?

What would that accent sound like?

Pirates Life for Me!

i don't know, good question, maybe? good question

sqwirlsgirl

My son was born in Germany, in a German hospital and shares dual citizenship. He was never called anything as disgusting as an ANCHOR BABY. He was just called my son.

sure

Brotha Man...

They can careless where your from..they just welcome everyone....the USA does too... to bad the anti illegals don't know that the capitalist of the nation decide who stays and who goes.

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